Agatha Award Winners Novel

Awards List

2012

The Beautiful Mystery (Winner)
Louise Penny

Sep-2012
/ Police Procedural

The Diva Digs Up the Dirt (Nominee)
Krista Davis

Jun-2012
/ Cozy Mystery

The Other Woman (Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Sep-2012
/ Thriller

A Fatal Winter (Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

Oct-2012
/ Mystery

The Buzzard Table (Nominee)
Margaret Maron

Nov-2012
/ Police Procedural

2011

Three-day Town (Winner)
Margaret Maron

Nov-2011
/ Police Procedural

The Real Macaw (Nominee)
Donna Andrews

Jul-2011
/ Cozy Mystery

The Diva Haunts the House (Nominee)
Krista Davis

Sep-2011
/ Cozy Mystery

A Trick of the Light (Nominee)
Louise Penny

Sep-2011
/ Police Procedural

Wicked Autumn (Nominee)
G.M. Malliet

Sep-2011
/ Mystery

2010

Bury Your Dead (Winner)
Louise Penny

Oct-2010
/ Police Procedural

Drive Time (Nominee)
Hank Phillippi Ryan

Feb-2010
/ Contemporary Romance

Truly, Madly (Nominee)
Heather Webber

Feb-2010
/ Paranormal Romance

The Scent of Rain and Lightning (Nominee)
Nancy Pickard

May-2010
/ General Fiction

Stork Raving Mad (Nominee)
Donna Andrews

Jul-2010
/ Cozy Mystery

2009

The Brutal Telling (Winner)
Louise Penny

Oct-2009
/ Police Procedural

Bookplate Special (Nominee)
Lorna Barrett

Nov-2009
/ Cozy Mystery

2008

The Cruelest Month (Winner)
Louise Penny

Mar-2008
/ Police Procedural

2007

A Fatal Grace // Dead Cold (Winner)
Louise Penny

May-2007
/ Police Procedural

2006

The Virgin of Small Plains (Winner)
Nancy Pickard

Apr-2006
/ Suspense

2005

The Body in the Snowdrift (Winner)
Katherine Hall Page

May-2005
/ Amateur Sleuth

Rituals of the Season (Nominee)
Margaret Maron

Aug-2005
/ Police Procedural

2004

Birds of a Feather (Winner)
Jacqueline Winspear

Jun-2004
/ Historical Mystery

2003

Letter from Home (Winner)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

Oct-2003
/ Mystery

Shop Till You Drop (Nominee)
Elaine Viets

May-2003
/ Amateur Sleuth

2002

You've Got Murder (Winner)
Donna Andrews

Apr-2002
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Body in the Bonfire (Nominee)
Katherine Hall Page

Feb-2002
/ Amateur Sleuth

Death of Riley (Nominee)
Rhys Bowen

Dec-2002
/ Historical Mystery

2001

Murphy's Law (Winner)
Rhys Bowen

Oct-2001
/ Historical Mystery

Arkansas Traveler (Nominee)
Earlene Fowler

Mar-2001
/ Amateur Sleuth

Dead Until Dark (Nominee)
Charlaine Harris

May-2001
/ Urban Fantasy

2000

Storm Track (Winner)
Margaret Maron

Apr-2000
/ Police Procedural

1999

Mariner's Compass (Winner)
Earlene Fowler

May-1999
/ Amateur Sleuth

1998

Butchers Hill (Winner)
Laura Lippman

Jul-1998
/ Private Investigator

1997

The Devil in Music (Winner)
Kate Ross

Sep-1997
/ Historical Mystery

Hocus (Nominee)
Jan Burke

May-1997
/ Amateur Sleuth

1996

Up Jumps the Devil (Winner)
Margaret Maron

Jul-1997
/ Police Procedural

Kansas Troubles (Nominee)
Earlene Fowler

May-1996
/ Amateur Sleuth

Strong as Death (Nominee)
Sharan Newman

Aug-1996
/ Historical Mystery

1995

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him... (Winner)
Sharyn McCrumb

Apr-1995
/ Amateur Sleuth

The Wandering Arm (Nominee)
Sharan Newman

Oct-1995
/ Historical Mystery

1994

She Walks These Hills (Winner)
Sharyn McCrumb

Oct-1994
/ Law Enforcement

Night Train to Memphis (Nominee)
Elizabeth Peters

Sep-1994
/ Amateur Sleuth

1993

Dead Man's Island (Winner)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

Aug-1993
/ Amateur Sleuth

1992

Bootlegger's Daughter (Winner)
Margaret Maron

Jun-1993
/ Police Procedural

1991

I.O.U. (Winner)
Nancy Pickard

Mar-1992
/ Amateur Sleuth

1990

Bum Steer (Winner)
Nancy Pickard

1989
/ Amateur Sleuth

1989

Naked Once More (Winner)
Elizabeth Peters

Sep-1989
/ Amateur Sleuth

1988

Something Wicked (Winner)
Carolyn Hart / Carolyn G. Hart

May-1988
/ Cozy Mystery

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